mother

mère

Parent féminin d’une personne ou d’un animal.

En anglais simple : A female parent of a person or animal.

• My mother lives nearby.
• The kitten stayed close to its mother.
• Her adoptive mother taught her to swim.

Synonymes : mum, mom

Expressions courantes : my mother, mother of someone, single mother

future mère, femme enceinte

Femme ou femelle d’un animal qui porte un petit avant sa naissance.

En anglais simple : A woman or female animal that is carrying a baby before birth.

• The mother is six months pregnant.
• Doctors checked the health of the mother and her unborn baby.
• Expectant mothers attended a class about birth.

Synonymes : mother-to-be, expectant mother

Expressions courantes : expectant mother, pregnant mother, mother and fetus

mère, source

Ce qui donne naissance à autre chose ou permet son développement.

En anglais simple : Something from which another thing begins or develops.

• Necessity is the mother of invention.
• He called curiosity the mother of discovery.
• The poet described silence as the mother of wisdom.

Comment l'utiliser : the mother of something (She saw patience as the mother of success.)

Synonymes : source, origin

Expressions courantes : mother of invention, mother of something, mother of arts

materner

S’occuper de quelqu’un comme une mère attentionnée, parfois plus qu’il ne le souhaite.

En anglais simple : To look after someone like a caring female parent, sometimes more than they want.

• She likes to mother everyone.
• He felt uncomfortable when his sister mothered him.
• Please stop mothering me; I can pack my own bag.

Synonymes : care for, look after, nurture

Contraires : neglect

Expressions courantes : mother someone, stop mothering someone